PC Barbara Adams has been re-elected for Eastern Passage.
Adams is the incumbent, who narrowly beat out Liberal candidate Joyce Treen in 2017, when Treen was running for re-election.
Riding background
The riding includes the coastal communities of Cow Bay, Fisherman’s Cove, Eastern Passage and McNabs Island.
There is a mix of residential and commercial areas. It hosts CFB Shearwater, touted as the “centre of naval aviation in Canada.” The fishery is also a dominant industry in the riding.
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Candidates
Liberal: Joyce Treen
- First elected as the MLA for what was then the riding of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage in 2013
- Ran for re-election in 2017, but lost narrowly to a PC candidate
Progressive Conservative: Barbara Adams (incumbent)
- First elected as MLA for what was then known as Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage in 2017
- A physiotherapist by trade
NDP: Tammy Jakeman
- An Education Program Assistant with Halifax Regional Centre for Education
Green: Corey Myers
- Has a family of 7 children and lives in Southwoodside with grandmother
- An Early childhood educator
History
Prior to 2013, Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage was an NDP stronghold for almost two decades. In the 1980s and 1990s it was a Liberal riding.
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